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April 07, 2020

German court proposes ending trial over fatal music festival

A German court on Tuesday proposed ending a criminal trial resulting from a fatal mass panic at the 2010 Love Parade techno ...

April 07, 2020

Wisconsin moves forward with election despite virus concerns

Voters in Wisconsin will face a choice Tuesday of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from ...

April 06, 2020

Supreme Court backs police in traffic stops

Police can pull over a car when they know only that its owner's license is invalid, even if they don't know who's behind the ...

April 05, 2020

Wisconsin GOP appeals to Supreme Court on extended voting

Wisconsin Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to block extended absentee voting in Tuesday's primary, ...

April 04, 2020

Wisconsin limps toward Tuesday election despite virus fears

Wisconsin's attempt to conduct an election in the midst of a coronavirus crisis lurched forward Friday, with a Democratic ...

March 23, 2020

Supreme Court rules states can bar insanity defense

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can prevent criminal defendants from pleading insanity without violating their ...

March 20, 2020

As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions

On the day after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Joe Ferguson was given a batch of court-ordered ...

March 12, 2020

Montana, Navajo company reach deal on mine to waive immunity

Montana regulators have reached a deal allowing the state to enforce environmental laws at a large coal mine bought by a ...

March 12, 2020

Australian highest court to rule on Cardinal's appeal later

Australia's highest court on Thursday said it will deliver a verdict at a later date on whether to overturn the convictions ...

March 07, 2020

Illinois court rejects actor’s attempt to throw out charges

The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday refused to throw out charges against former "Empire” actor Jussie Smollett that accuse ...

March 06, 2020

Enbridge hires companies to design, build Great Lakes tunnel

Enbridge Inc. said Friday it has hired companies to design and build a disputed oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel ...

March 03, 2020

Justices OK state charges for immigrants who use fake IDs

The Supreme Court made it easier Tuesday for states to prosecute immigrants who use fake Social Security numbers to get a job

February 28, 2020

Panel seeks censure, coaching for foul-mouthed Kansas judge

A foul-mouthed Kansas judge who cursed at courthouse employees so often that a trial clerk kept a “swear journal” documenting ...

February 25, 2020

Alabama inmate spared by dementia argument dies on death row

An Alabama inmate spared from execution by questions over whether dementia had erased memories of his crime has died on death ...

February 24, 2020

Justices throw out seizure of church assets in Puerto Rico

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a court order to seize assets belonging to the Roman Catholic archdiocese of San Juan, ...

February 22, 2020

Key Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit heads to Supreme Court

When plans for the 605-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline were first unveiled in 2014, supporters of the natural gas project ...

February 08, 2020

Kansas anti-abortion measure fails; Medicaid plan targeted

Republican lawmakers in Kansas failed to get a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot ...

February 06, 2020

Trump seeks to delay woman's suit after request for his DNA

President Donald Trump's lawyers want to put the brakes on a lawsuit filed by an advice columnist who has accused him of ...